English → Latin
“cheater” in Latin
fraudōto cheat, defraud, swindle; to deprive of; to embezzle a thing from a person, purloin, stealīnstruōto build in or into, insert; erect, construct; to arrange, organise or organize, plan; devise; to prepare (for), providecircumscriptordefrauder, deceiver, cheatquadruplātorA public informer who received a fourth part.praestigĭātora jugglerplānuslevel, flat, even; intelligible, clearfallōto deceive, beguile, trick, cheat, delude, ensnare, disappoint; to mistake, be mistaken, deceive oneself; to escape the falsārĭusa forger
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
cheater
fraudator: homo ad fallendum paratus or instructus: circumscriptor: quadruplator: praestigiator: planus: falsus (of a cheating fortune-teller. Suet.): falsarius (a forger). SYN. in DECEIVER.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for cheater?
- The usual Latin words for “cheater” are fraudō, īnstruō, circumscriptor; also quadruplātor, praestigĭātor, plānus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.